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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Production Designer Gary Kordan Moonlights as Venue Impresario With Wife Justine Ungaro

Variety: From his Emmy nominated work on “Key and Peele” to the fantastical worlds of Amazon’s young adult hit “Just Add Magic”, production designer Gary Kordan gets behind projects 100%. Before he lands a job, he’ll spend days researching content, often crafting up to sixteen mood boards loaded with images for first meeting discussions. To land the pilot of the current Fox comedy “Ghosted”, Kordan fabricated a back story for the show’s secret government office, pulling images of the NASA’s graphic style, early ’60s Craftsman furniture, wood grain samples and old doctor’s offices and newsrooms he compiled to explore his concept of an outdated, under-funded facility.

1 comment:

BinhAn Nguyen said...

I think that the best art comes from a collaborative and open environment. Because of this, I think this space that Gary Kordan and his wife has created is really cool and interesting. It is an open space that can be shared amongst artists of all types. This all encompassing space stems from their relationship with each other as they are both artists in their own rights and wish to collaborate with each other even though their each individual field are different. The cultivation of this space defies the “starving” artist stereotype as it shows that are people who will support those who choose to go into the arts. Its existence proves that there are established people willing to help new artists find their inspiration and share it with the community. I also think this space is so interesting because it is transformative space. It can be changed and rearranged to fit the needs of each person that comes through it.